A manual of naval architecture. For the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders, shipowners, and yachtsmen (1889)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London, J. Murray · leaf 42
shaped vessel are fairly representative of actual ships. Forexample, in her Majestys ship Devastation, if one of the largecompartments amidships were filled, the ship would have anincreased drauoht of about 15 or 16 inches, and her trim wouklbe practically unaltered. If tlie aftermost compartments… … would be put under water. No evil would result, however, forthese bulkheads are ended at a watertight iron deck. Passing from transverse to longitudinal bulkheads, the sameprinciples apply. The heights to which the bulkheads arecarried should be carefully proportioned to the sizes of the…
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